Siemens Nixdorf Joins 3Com's POS Partners Program to Deliver Industry Leading Networked POS Solution.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1998--3Com Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) and Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. Information Systems, Inc. (SNI (1) (Subscriber Network Interface) The point of interface between the customer's equipment (CPE) and a communications service from a common carrier. (2) (SNA Network I ) today announced an alliance that combines the benefits of 3Com's Point of Sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ) Partners Program and award-winning store network products with SNI's POS hardware, retail application software, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . Under the alliance, Siemens will deploy 3Com's Total Control(TM) remote access concentrators, network interface cards (NICs), SuperStack(R) II family of PS Hubs, Ethernet and ATM switches, and frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. routers as part of Siemens' retail systems architecture. "Many of our customers have already standardized on 3Com products because of their excellent reliability, performance, and manageability for their POS and in-store networks," said Jan Andersson Jan Andersson (born 17 March 1947 in Helsingborg, Scania) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European , vice president of retail systems at Siemens Nixdorf. "By joining 3Com's POS Partners Program, we can now offer our customers a more comprehensive networked solution with the best price/performance in the industry." Very large-format store retailers, such as department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and hypermarkets, have more complex requirements for networked POS solutions POS Solutions, is an Australian company. The company provides software and services to small and medium businesses, where the company has enjoyed steady growth so making it particularly well-known in Australian Newsagencies where its software has taken hold as the market leader. than most other retailers. These larger POS solutions must deliver extensive scalability, future-proofing, fault-tolerance, and remote manageability. POS networks must be affordable today, yet provide a smooth and cost-effective migration to faster technologies that are capable of supporting bandwidth-intensive store applications. Many of the world's largest-format retailers, including The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , Ross Stores, Hudson's Bay, and Harrods in the UK, have already deployed large-scale POS and back-office store networks based on 3Com products and technologies. "Siemens Nixdorf has extensive expertise and professional services capabilities that are vital to the success of large-scale networked POS deployments," said Jeff Siegel, retail industry group manager for 3Com. "This alliance ensures that retailers get more than award-winning products; they get a comprehensive networked solution designed specifically for their requirements." 3Com's POS Partners Program was developed to deliver comprehensive end-to-end networked POS solutions working together with POS vendors, systems integrators, and application vendors. The program brings together the industry's only single-vendor portfolio of network products, which constitute a complete networked POS solution. The 3Com single-vendor solution greatly simplifies network support for retailers, ensuring the highest degree of product integration and POS application performance while offering the industry's highest degree of network scalability and store network management. "With our network specialists fully trained on 3Com's products, they can develop sophisticated network designs specific to the unique requirements of each customer while ensuring the lowest cost of ownership, true fault-tolerant network infrastructure, and a high degree of investment protection in POS and in-store network architecture," stated SNI's Andersson. About Siemens Nixdorf Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc. supplies and integrates advanced information technology for business and industry in the Americas marketplace. Offerings include servers for Unix and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , retail point-of-sale systems and specialized software, along with a broad range of professional services. Visit SNI at http://www.sni-retail.com. Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems is the U.S. subsidiary of German-based Siemens Nixdorf Information Systeme AG. With operations in 45 countries worldwide, $9.1 billion in revenues and approximately 35,000 employees, it is the largest European computer firm and ranks among the world's leading information technology specialists. Siemens Nixdorf is the largest subsidiary company of Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , the world's foremost supplier of advanced technology in the electronics and electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. industry. In the latest fiscal year, Siemens had $63.5 billion in combined revenues and 379,000 employees in more than 120 countries. About 3Com Retail organizations throughout the world use 3Com enabled networks for their point-of-sale and back-office in-store networks as well as for building retail enterprise intranets which connect stores, distribution centers, and regional and corporate offices. 3Com is a founder of the Retail Network Innovation Awards, a program designed to recognize retailer innovation in the use of networked applications. Additional information on 3Com's innovative solutions for retailers is available at http://www.3com.com/nsc/industry/rmenu.html. 3Com Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share information and resources at anytime from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. The company provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small businesses and consumers with comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at http://www.3com.com, or the press site at http://www.3com.com/pressbox. -0- Note to Editors: 3Com, Parallel Tasking, and SuperStack are registered trademarks, and Total Control and x2 are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other product and company names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. CONTACT: 3Com Corporate Communications Peter Ruzicka, 408/764-5853 Peter_Ruzicka@3Com.com or Siemens Nixdorf Tony Adamoli, 800/225-1484 x3888 Adamoli@sni-retail.com |
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